1.0 link 128878 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/childrens-defense-fund-fo_b_128878.html Over nine million children lack health insurance, a trend that shows no sign of slowing down. The consequences can be grievous. Twelve-year-old Deamonte Diver died when an infection from his abscessed tooth spread to his brain; he had no insurance and his mother could not afford $80 to have the tooth pulled. Devante Johnson, age 14, died when his health insurance lapsed -- due to a bureaucratic snafu -- right in the middle of his treatment for kidney...

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